Category & Sourcing Specialist

Preferred Title & Escrow Insurance Agency, Inc.; Worthing; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-established agency is seeking a Category & Sourcing Specialist to join its procurement team. This role involves managing strategic sourcing and category spending, with responsibilities focused on developing strategies and analyzing data. The company offers benefits such as a generous pension, annual leave, and a hybrid working approach.

Benefits

Generous pension up to 11% company contribution

25 days annual leave

Life assurance equal to 4x salary

Salary sacrifice electric car scheme

Health Cash Plan

Full funded eye tests

Two paid volunteering days a year

Occupational health service

Discounts with over 800 popular retailers

Digital GP service

Qualifications

• Entry-level position with a proactive approach.
• Ability to manipulate complex datasets.
• Experience with procurement or supply chain processes preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of strategies in category management.
• Gather data on spending patterns and commodity pricing.
• Develop relationships within the organization to involve procurement early.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Category strategy development

Relationship building

Job description

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A well-established business that is building towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising its environmental impact and reducing its carbon footprint has a number of Category & Sourcing Specialist opportunities across a range of disciplines including Engineering & Constriction, Professional Services and Operational Assets.

Benefits

Along with a salary of circa £35,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience), you will receive a fantastic range of benefits including:

• Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
• 25 days annual leave
• Life assurance equal to 4x salary
• Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
• Health Cash Plan
• Full funded eye tests
• Two paid volunteering days a year
• Occupational health service
• Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
• Digital GP service
• Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
• Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
• Cycle to work scheme
  
  

What youll be doing as Category & Sourcing Specialist:

Their Sourcing and Category Management discipline strategically and proactively manages category spending and supply sourcing in alignment with value management strategies and demand profiles to optimise total cost of ownership.

Responsibilities

• Supporting on the delivery of strategies and developing and implementing sub-category strategies.
• Gathering and collating customer requirements, volume demands and specifications, feeding back to inform the development of strategy.
• Gathering data on spend, including commodity pricing and spend data, and performing initial analysis to share.
• Developing working relationships across the organisation that allow early involvement of procurement in any external third party spend required.
  
  

What were looking for in a Category & Sourcing Specialist:

• The ability to manipulate complex datasets and strong category strategy development skills ability to develop compelling category and sourcing strategies.
• Performance and delivery orientated ability to work with others to obtain critical information and achieve common goals.
• The ability to demonstrate a proactive/can do style of work.
• Strong analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
  
  

You will be working 37 hours per week, Monday-Friday, with a hybrid approach to working between the Durrington office (minimum 2 days per week) and home.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the procurement team and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, their customers and the environment.

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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing and Sales

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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